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New homes in rural Scotland were left without power because SSE missed deadlines to connect them, prompting Ofgem to levy a £750,000 fine on the energy company.

The regulator said that SSE had failed to offer the properties in northern Scotland a connection to the grid within 30 days as required under licence conditions over a three-year period running until last September.

SSE blamed a “technical system error” and insisted that “no customer was impacted negatively” as the properties — mostly new builds and farm outbuildings — were unoccupied at the time.